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O'Keefe, Robert D.; Hamer, Lawrence O.; Kemp, Philip R. – Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education, 2015
All institutions of higher learning offer courses. In that sense all institutions of higher learning can designate themselves as teaching institutions. In this article we point out that, while stated objectives may be similar or even identical, there are differences in the level of commitment to teaching that characterizes institutions of higher…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Administrative Principles, Administrative Policy, Organizational Objectives
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Garnar, Martin – Knowledge Quest, 2015
In 1939 technological advances included the first handheld electric slicing knife, the first mass-produced helicopter, and the first transmission of a picture via a cable system (Science and Technology 2001). That year also saw the first Code of Ethics adopted by the American Library Association (ALA OIF 2010, 311). Can an ethical code first…
Descriptors: Ethics, Administrative Principles, Library Associations, Relevance (Education)
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Terhoven, René; Fataar, Aslam – South African Journal of Education, 2018
This article focuses on the way in which the school management teams (SMTs) of three selected working-class schools have developed and implemented a range of leadership practices within their schools in order to provide a platform for optimal teaching and learning. The article is based on qualitative research conducted in schools on the outskirts…
Descriptors: Working Class, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Leadership Role
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Wang, Lynn J. – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2018
This was an exploratory qualitative study utilizing tenets of phenomenology to examine the lived experiences of front-line student services professionals in Admissions and Financial Aid and their dilemmas in interpreting and implementing California Assembly Bill 540 (2001) in their interactions with undocumented students. Front-line student…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Access to Education, College Bound Students, Qualitative Research
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Garry, Vanessa – American Educational History Journal, 2017
The discriminatory practices against African Americans during the Jim Crow era in St. Louis, Missouri did not deter Dr. Ruth Harris, the first African American female president of Stowe Teachers College (STC) in St. Louis, from accepting the challenge of leading the African American teachers' college from 1940 to 1954. Her appointment to President…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, African American Education, African American Teachers, African American Leadership
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Liu, Shujie; Xu, Xianxuan; Grant, Leslie; Strong, James; Fang, Zheng – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
This article presents the results of an interpretive policy analysis of China's Ministry of Education Standards (2013) for the professional practice of principals. In addition to revealing the evolution of the evaluation of principals in China and the processes by which this policy is formulated, a comparative analysis was conducted to compare it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Evaluation, Policy Analysis
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Marsh, Alan J. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
This study explores the funding variations by English local authorities (LAs) in January 2014 for pupils with special educational needs and disability (SEND). Two quintile groups (n = 30) are used for comparing LAs with low and high levels of statements and case studies are presented to further explore the allocations. The research findings…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Special Needs Students, Disabilities, Resource Allocation
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Alsobaie, Mohammed Fahad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This paper will seek to analyze of the case "Superintendent's Hiring Dilemma" by Hoy and Tarter (2004) using multiple leadership perspectives. The last section of this analysis of the case study will provide the most effective leadership recommendations for the key players.
Descriptors: Case Studies, Superintendents, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Qualities
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Stoesz, David – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
The probity of the Children's Bureau's National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) is examined with respect to the status of child welfare as well as the performance of social work education. By requiring that funding go only to accredited schools of social work, which is not authorized by relevant provisions of the Social Security Act,…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Public Agencies, Social Work, Welfare Services
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Banz, Martha L. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2015
This chapter considers how the assumptions, principles, and overall mind-set of coaching may be useful as organizations seek to foster lifelong relationships with their volunteer constituents.
Descriptors: Volunteer Training, Adult Education, Coaching (Performance), Educational Practices
Gross, Karen – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2015
The words "truth," "transparency," and "trust" recently have taken on renewed importance in higher education. The reporting and handling of sexual assaults, athletic cheating scandals, Muslim student deaths, the intrusion into the admissions process by college/university presidents forcing acceptance of new students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Ethics, Trust (Psychology), Accountability
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Peters-Hawkins, April L.; Reed, Latish C.; Kingsberry, Francemise – Urban Education, 2018
The Dynamic Leadership Succession model is used to analyze a leadership succession case in an urban school district. The qualitative findings show that the district did not forecast school leadership needs well; however, the principal sought to develop and mentor teacher leaders as her assistant principals. Second, sustaining efforts within the…
Descriptors: Principals, Urban Schools, Administrative Change, Change Strategies
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Shortt, Damien; Cain, Tim; Knapton, Helena; McKenzie, Jill – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2017
Through the analysis of a representative sample of schools' behaviour management policies, we argue that there is a philosophical and tangible tension between the competing views on what ought to be the motivation and rationale for schools to promote good behaviour in England. Our research suggests that typical secondary schools usually opt to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Secondary Schools, School Policy, Policy Analysis
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Gray, Deborah M.; Smart, Karl L.; Bennett, Misty M. – Journal of Education for Business, 2017
The authors explore the disconnect between espoused and enacted values in assurance of learning activities--assessment is said to be encouraged, valued, and rewarded--but is it? The data from an analysis of 200 pages of the contractual rules (bylaws) for reappointment, tenure, and promotion at Central Michigan University demonstrate little…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Administration, Rewards, Recognition (Achievement)
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Chen, Kun-Dang – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
The aim of this study is to identify combinations of different personality traits among teaching faculty and explore for which combinations college managers should use change leadership to mediate their cognition in a motivation mechanism and for which combinations doing so is not necessary. In this study, two-stage cluster analysis and partial…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Administrative Change, Multivariate Analysis, Least Squares Statistics
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